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Laptop will not wake from suspend with usb-keyboard

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Vikare

The actually weird thing is that my usb-keyboard shows as wakeup enabled.

grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product

outputs

/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2/product:Mechanical Keyboard
/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-3/product:USB OPTICAL MOUSE 
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/product:EHCI Host Controller
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/product:xHCI Host Controller
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb3/product:xHCI Host Controller

and

grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/wakeup

outputs

/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1/power/wakeup:disabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2/power/wakeup:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-3/power/wakeup:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/2-5/power/wakeup:disabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/power/wakeup:disabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/wakeup:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb3/power/wakeup:disabled

Now, I admit, my laptop setup is a little weird in that I have disconnected both the laptop screen, built-in keyboard and touchpad. I only reconnect them prior to travelling and then, only reluctantly. But that shouldn't matter because,

a) it has presented no other problems

b) when I reconnect them, waking from the usb-keyboard still doesn't work. Waking from the built-in keyboard works just fine.

I run Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS and always avoid major under the hood tinkering if I can, if that helps. The laptop is an Acer Travelmate p256-mg.

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matigo
How do you wake the machine? Do you need to hit the power button or do something else?
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Usb-keyboard (and mouse) can't wake it, so yes, powerbutton.
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Cool. Reason I ask is because I've seen this with an HP and Dell in the past. Will write an answer that will *hopefully* work for you as well
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matigo

This is something that I have seen in the past on an HP ProBook and a Dell Precision notebook. The issue came down to the machine not quite going to sleep and, because it wasn't sleeping, it couldn't be woken with a keypress from an external keyboard. Like your machine, though, the built-in keyboard would allow the machine to resume. In the end, the solution was to modify Grub a bit.

Here is how you can do it, too:

  1. Open a Terminal (if it's not already open)

  2. Open /etc/default/grub for editing with sudo:

    sudo {editor of choice} /etc/default/grub

    Note: Be sure to replace {editor of choice} with your editor of choice.

    Find the line that starts GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. You will be adding settings to this line. Be sure to leave any existing values untouched.

  3. If you have an Nvidia video adapter, add rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1 to the end of the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT value. For example:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1"

    Note: There are instances where an Nvidia device can prevent a machine from entering into sleep/standby, and this is an effective solution.

  4. Add mem_sleep_default=deep to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, ensuring memory is completely recorded to the storage device when entering sleep. You may now have something like this

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1 mem_sleep_default=deep"

    Note: This has generally been the setting I've needed to configure in order to resolve the external keyboard issue.

  5. Save the file

  6. Update Grub:

    sudo update-grub

  7. Reboot.

This should ensure the notebook enters a proper sleep state, allowing it to now properly respond to wake actions.

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I indeed have an nvidia gpu and it has been my main source of linux related grief since day one. I suspect it was it again. Regardless, I can confirm your answer worked like a charm. Thanks a million!
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